Battle Squadron: The Destruction Of The Barrax Empire
Platform: Amiga 500
Region: Europe
Media: Floppy
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Shoot 'em Up - Vertical - Sci-Fi
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1989
Developer: Cope-com
Publisher: Innerprise Software, Inc.
Players: 1 or 2, Simultaneous
Relationship: is a sequel to Hybris
Hardware: OCS
Conversions: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Disks: 1
Programmer: Martin Pedersen
Musician: Ivo Zoer, Ron Klaren
Designer: Torben Bakager Larsen
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Battle Squadron is a classic arcade style shooter for 1 or 2 players.You take a space ship and fly it over a high tech hostile surface, and then into an organic setting.  

You can control the number of 'credits' you have from 1 to 3.  You choose how many lives you get.  You also get to choose the max number of enemy bullets and their speed.

You get powerups along the way that modify your weapons, and also the "Nova Smart Bomb".
 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/battle-squadron

Taking place many years in the future in another star system, a century long war is waging between the Earth Defense Fleet and the Barrax Empire. Two Earth Defense Commanders, Lori Bergin and Barry Mayers, were returning from a research and destroy mission regarding the latest Barrax technologies on planet Urania, when suddenly a Barrax cruiser materialized behind them, brought their ship in and took the commanders hostage on planet Terrainia. The player's mission is to rescue the Commanders and eliminate all Barrax threats in the process.

Battle Squadron supports both mouse- and joystick-controlled styles of play. Players play the game from the perspective of elite fighter pilots of the Earth Defense Fleet, known as the Battle Squadron sent to rescue two human agents, Commanders Berry D. Mayers and Lori Bergin, from the clutches of the ruthless alien empire, known as the Barrax. The player's fighters carry unlimited projectile weaponry and a finite number of Nova Smart Bombs.

Notable features of the game are relatively big sprites (with Predator-esque cloaking effects applied to a few) and numerous weapon upgrades (supposedly 25 in total). Barraxian opponents consist of ground installations (generally gun turrets and launch platforms), ground vehicles, aircraft and numerous genetically-engineered living weapons.

Specific enemies of note include:

    * Cargo vehicles that drop weapon upgrades upon destruction.
    * Four-craft squadrons of Barrax fighters that will release an extra, collectable Nova Bomb upon destruction of the entire squadron.
    * Two different varieties of gigantic, apparently-robotic terror machines, functioning as the bosses of two separate levels.
    * What appear to be several giant faces in the terrain, once again, serving as end-of-level bosses.
    * The Barrax Nova Cruiser, the end-game boss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Squadron
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CHEATS:

Type castor during game play to enable cheat mode and invincibility. The screen will flash green to confirm correct code entry. Then, press [F6], [F7], [F8], [F9], or [F10] to change weapons. Press [F1], [F2], [F3], [F4], or [F5] to change the power level of the selected weapon.

Debug options:
Type electronic at the title screen to display the debug options. Alternatively, type electronic followed by [Space]


